Federal Diner in Otago Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Cheese or Date Scones (World famous in Wanaka) $4.50
  • (C) Bacon & cheese $9.00
  • (B) Jam & butter $4.50
  • (A) Plain $4.00
  • Croissant:
  • Totally Nuts $10.00
    • Grilled banana bread with cashew nut butter
  • Winter Warmer $12.00
    • Porridge with chai spiced stewed fruits & cream
  • The Monk $19.00
    • Eggs Benedict with bacon & roasted tomato
  • The Buddha $19.00
    • Eggs Benedict with spinach, mushrooms & roasted tomato
  • Betty's Bacon Butty $10.00
    • Bacon, egg & relish
  • Brossie's Bun $11.00
    • Halloumi, grilled tomato, spinach & relish
  • Social Climber $13.00
    • Organic eggs fried or poached with roasted tomato on crusty bread - add free farmed streaky bacon $5.00
  • Hawea Flat $18.00
    • Spinach, mushrooms, roasted tomato & halloumi on polenta cake
  • PinaCoco $19.00
    • Caramelised pineapple hotcake with coconut yoghurt & lime
  • Comfort Kedgeree $19.00
    • Smoked salmon, mild Indian spiced rice & poached egg
LUNCHTIME CLASSICS LUNCHTIME CLASSICS
  • Lone Ranger $17.00
    • Waitoa free range roast chicken sandwich on ciabatta with aioli, caramelised onion & brie
  • Roti 'n' Roll $14.00
    • Pulled pork roti roll with hoisin, coriander, spring onion & pickled chilli
  • Wunder Burg $20.00
    • Homemade beef pattie with smoked cheese, caramelised onions, gherkins, salad & french fries with chipotle mayonnaise
  • Pure Wisdom $16.00
    • Ancient grain salad with cranberries, almonds, lemon & mint dressing (Vegan)
  • Roast It $19.00
    • Roast carrot salad with goat's cheese puree, preserved lemon dressing, dukkah & flatbread
  • The Chowder Pie $21.00
    • Smoked salmon, prawn, leek & potato pie with green salad
  • Soul Soup $18.00
    • Waitoa free range chicken & ginger broth, vermicelli noodles, seasame, chilli & spring onions
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • Hollandaise $1.00
  • Tomatoes, mushrooms, 1 organic egg, avocado or halloumi $3.00
  • Free farmed bacon, Waitoa free range chicken or smoked salmon $5.00
  • French fries with tomato chilli relish & aioli $9.00
  • Mixed salad with balsamic $10.00
  • Gluten free bread add $1.00
KIDS KIDS
  • Egg or bacon on toast (+ $3.00 for scrambled) $5.00
  • Fruit plate $9.00
  • Hot cake with maple & banana $10.00
  • Peanut butter & banana on toast $5.00
  • Flatbread pizza with salami $8.00
  • Beef burger & fries $14.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Lambs Fry and Bacon $16.90
    • A mouth watering mixture of lambs liver and bacon, complimented with mashed potato and peas.
  • Lamb Shank $21.90
    • A hearty meal of tender braised lamb shank, mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Extra shank $7
  • Chicken & Bacon Stack $28.90
    • Generous stack of grilled chicken breast, bacon and roast vegetables served on a seasoned potato mash with a herbed white wine sauce.
  • Seafood Chowder $13.50
    • A taste sensation! Filled with seafood and served with the chef’s choice of bread.
  • Beef Schnitzel & Mushroom Sauce $18.50
    • Our very popular golden crumbed beef schnitzel, smothered in a hearty mushroom sauce, with salad and fries.
  • Onion Rings 200g $4.90
  • Prime Ribeye or Surf & Turf $30.90
    • A premium 250 gram ribeye steak accompanied with your selection of sauce, thick cut fries and salad. Add grilled prawns for Surf and Turf for $4.50 extra.
  • Bacon and Eggs $15.90
    • Tasty bacon and your choice of eggs – scrambled, fried or poached, with toasted bread.
  • Harbour fish of the day... $33.00
  • Affogato with strictly espresso + vanilla ice cream $12.00
  • Chorizo + sweet com risotto with black olive $ 17.00
  • Copper rhubarb brulee $12.00
  • Hoisin pork belly on kumara fondant with scallion salsa $34.00
  • Prime beef au-frites with red wine jus + salsa verde $36.00
  • Sticky date + banana pudding with rum butter toffee sauce $12.00
  • Lamb denverteg on parsnip skordalia, spinach + black olive tapenade $35.00
  • -L $9.00
  • Transparent Spring Rolls with Prawn & Fresh Vegetables (4 Pcs) $ 6.00
  • Grilled Pork Vermicelli $10.00
  • Braised Chicken With Ginger $ 12.00
  • -M $8.00
  • ●Vermicelli served with salad & special sauce
  • Grilled Shrimps Paste on Sugarcane $ 12.00
  • Stir-Fried Beef Vermicelli $10.00
  • FISH ROE STEW $15.00
  • Dumplings $14.00
  • KIMCHI GAMJATANG $15.00
    • PORK SPARE-RIBS, POTATO CHUNKS & KIMCHI IN A WHOLESOME BROTH SPIKED WITH KOREAN SOY BEAN PASTE AND HOT RED PEPPER
  • STEAMED DUMPLING $7.00
  • BUDAE POT STEW $15.00
    • STEW WITH HAM, SAUSAGE, BACON, KIMCHI, TOFU & NOODLE
  • Plain Noodle $12.00
  • Fish Cakes $14.00
  • Steamed Rice $10.00
  • Combination Fried Rice $5.50
  • Chicken Vegetable $9.00
  • Ginger Chicken $11.50
  • Chicken Foo Young Egg $9.50
  • Prawn Vegetable $11.00
  • Kumara Chips $4.00
  • Chicken Nibble $0.80
  • 1/2 Doz $4.00
  • Mexican chicken burger $17.80
    • with cos, tomato, red onion, avocado cream & chipotle aioli
  • Smoked salmon $16.50
    • capers, cream cheese, spinach
  • Brioche French Toast $18.50
    • with peach & rhubarb compote, marscapone and maple syrup
  • Mushrooms $4.00
  • Spiced broad bean burger $17.80
    • with cos, tomato, relish and tzatziki
  • Classic Eggs Benedict $18.50
    • poached free range eggs, english muffin, hollandaise sauce with fried potatoes - bacon
  • Toast and House Made Raspberry Jam $8.00
    • grain/ sourdough
  • Portobello mushroom $16.50
    • caramelised onion, cheddar, sundried tomato, spinach
  • Tandori chicken, red onion, coriander & greek yoghurt $19 / $27 / $27
    • Small / Large / Thin Lizzie
  • Stewart Island Blue Cod in a Thai Green Curry with Broccoli on Basmati Rice $33
  • Greek Salad $10
  • Thin Lizzie’s Dynamic Salad $16
  • Strawberry & Raspberry Sorbet with Meringues $10
  • Fiordland Wild Venison , Seared on Mushroom Risotto & Steamed Green Beans $36
  • VKNOW Venison,Parmesan & Caramelised Onion Bruschetta $12
  • Platter of Smoked Meats Pestos Olives & Breads $24
  • Grilled Steak $36.00
    • 300gm Porterhouse, duck fat roasted potatoes and garden salad. Served with mushroom sauce or red wine jus
  • Sticky Date Pudding $13.00
    • Served with a warm butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice cream
  • Toni Pepperoni $26.00
    • Pepperoni, roasted red pepper, kalamata olives
  • Hawaiian $26.00
    • Ham off the bone, roasted pineapple and sage
  • Salt and Pepper Calamari $13.00
  • Chicken Burger $25.00
    • Crumbed chicken breast, mozzarella, lettuce, fresh tomato, aioli and tomato sauce. Served with fries
  • All burgers served with a side of fries *Lettuce burger buns are available on request (No bun, low carbohydrates and gluten free) $21.00
  • BBQ Pork Ribs $28.00
    • Slow braised and marinated in our housemade bourbon BBQ sauce served with chips and corn salsa
  • Mango Salsa $4.00
    • Mild fruity
  • Pulled Pork & Crackling $10 B / $7 T
  • Beef Nachos $18.00
    • Sombreos secret nacho beef w frijoles, salsa & grilled cheese
  • Chilli Con Carne $25.00
    • chunky chilli beef and beans w chipotle rice
  • Frijole Negros $12.00
    • black beans w seasonal vegetables & Mexican slaw
  • Guacamole $4.00
    • Avocado dip
  • Beetroot, Orange and Pecan $12.00
    • quinoa, roquette, agave nectar, queso fresco
  • Drunken Bean Nachos $17.00
    • w melted cheese
  • Free Range Scrambled Eggs 17
    • with bacon oncroissant drizzled with homemade pesto
  • Crispy Battered Blue Cod 23.5
    • on Italian flat bread, mix salad, salsa cruda, homemade pesto & aioli.
  • GF Bread 2.5
  • 3 Hot Cakes 18.5
    • with homemade fruit compote, Canadian maple syrup and vanilla cream cheese V
  • Open Lasagna 20
    • cooked to order with fresh pasta beef bolognese creamy sauce layered with fresh baby spinach & mozzarella cheese, topped with parmesan and pesto
  • Mushroom 4.5
  • Special Pizza 25
    • Please ask our waiter
  • Toast and Jam 9.5
    • Toasted homemade ciabatta bread with homemade preserve V
  • Pan Fried Scallops (3) $6.00
  • 12 for $14.00
  • Golden Fries $5.00
  • Onion Rings $3.00
  • Wedges $9.00
    • Seasoned potato wedges served with sweet chili sauce & sour cream - Add bacon & cheese $2.50
  • Mixed Salad $5.00
  • Lamb Shank
    • New Zealand lamb shank braised & served in a tomato based broth with seasonal vege & mashed potatoes
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • Served with homemade soda bread (ask our team for today’s choice)
  • Toast $8
    • Homemade Preserves on Five Grain Toast or Ciabatta
  • High five breakfast stack $16
    • -OPTION 1: Toasted Ciabatta, Bacon, Hashbrowns, Grilled Tomato and a Poached Egg with BBQ Sauce and Creamy Hollandaise
  • Add extras $5
    • - Bacon (3) / Mushrooms/ Grilled Halloumi (3) / Cold Smoked Salmon/ Hashbrowns (3)
  • - Half serving $8
  • Bacon eggs benedict $17
    • The classy classic.. Bacon, wilted spinach and hollandaise
  • Bacon & egg buttie $12
    • As above with Egg
  • - Full serving $12
  • - Full serving $12
  • Steak n Pea
    • A prime cut of beef cooked in juicy minted peas surrounded by crispy golden pastry.
  • Bacon, Egg n Cheese
    • A southern medley of smoky bacon, egg and onion topped with melted colby cheese on a crispy pastry base.
  • Famous Mutton
    • Juicy mutton seasoned with spices and surrounded in short crust pastry.
  • Creamy Chicken n Corn
    • Lean and tender breast and thigh of chicken nestled in a creamy sauce all rolled up with kernel corn in the tastiest of pastries.
  • Classic Mince
    • Lean beef mince cooked in a rich brown gravy, wrapped in a golden crispy pastry.
  • Satay Chicken
    • Tender breasts of chicken smothered in smooth satay sauce, wrapped in pastry and baked till golden and crisp.
  • Chunky Steak
    • A prime cut of beef cooked till tender in a rich brown gravy, nestled in a bed of golden crispy pastry.
  • Steak n Mushroom
    • Button mushrooms sliced upon a bed of prime chunky cut steak wrapped in crunchy golden pastry.
  • Fries $4.5
  • Mr Veggie (Large / Medium / Snack) $19.90 / $15.90 / $8.90
    • Mozzarella, tomatoes, onion, mushroom, spinach, capsicum & olives
  • Meaty Balls For You (Large / Medium / Snack) $19.90 / $15.90 / $8.90
    • Mozzarella, homemade meat balls, tomatoes & onions
  • Moroccan Lamb $12.90
  • Home Style Pulled Pork (Large / Medium / Snack) $19.90 / $15.90 / $8.90
    • Mozzarella, homemade 7-hour slow cooked pork, onion & chargrilled capsicum
  • BBQ Chicken and Bacon (Large / Medium / Snack) $19.90 / $15.90 / $8.90
    • Mozzarella, roasted chicken, bacon, red onion & BBQ sauce
  • Gourmet Mince Nachos $7.9
  • Bella's Hawaiin (Large / Medium / Snack) $19.90 / $15.90 / $8.90
    • Mozzarella, ham, pineapple sprinkled with parsley & parmesan
  • Garlic bread $6.50
    • A multi pull apart loaf smothered in garlic herb butter, perfect to share
  • check out blackboards for specials and desserts
  • Prawn $19.50
    • 4 prawn skewers w your choice of garlic or sweet chilli served on a fresh salad
  • The carnivore L $21.5 / S $16.5
    • All your usual meaty toppings w cheese and smokey bbq sauce
  • Chicken & bacon L $21.5 / S $16.5
    • With capsicum, cheese and apricot sauce
  • Pasta $19.50
    • See our blackboard for the pasta of the week
  • Smoked chicken $12.50
    • Smoked chicken, cranberry and brie w salad
  • Salmon $14.00
    • Smoked salmon, cream cheese, caper and red onion w salad
Federal Diner

Federal Diner

location

Address

47 Helwick Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034435152

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Contemporary , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Bar Not Available ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  No Takeaway ,  Free Wifi ,  Local cuisine ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
47 Helwick Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand